After pre-aircrew flying, he was posted to 12 Squadron for operations in 1942. After completing his first tour of 30 operations posted to 1667 Conversion Unit, then No. 1 Lancaster Finishing School. In November 1944 posted to 153 Squadron for 2nd tour. Post war posting to 50 Squadron and attachment to 57 Squadron.

Served at RAF Penrhos, RAF Wickenby, RAF Faldingworth, RAF Hemswell, RAF Scampton, RAF Sturgate, Raf Waddington.

Aircraft flown were Avro Tutor, Fairey Battle, Whitley, Anson, Lancaster, Halifax.

He flew 33 night bombing and mining operations with 12 Squadron as Flight Engineer to targets including La Rochelle, North Frisian Islands, Essen, Berlin, Dusseldorf, Turin, Lorient, Milan, Bremen, Nuremberg, Saint-Nazaire, Duisburg, Frankfurt, Spezia, Stuttgart, Gulf of Danzig, Bay of Biscay, Mulheim, Wuppertal and Cologne. His pilots in 12 Squadron were Wing Commander Villiers and Squadron Leader Slade.

With 153 Squadron he flew 3 night and 1 day bombing operations to Wanne-Eickel, Bonn, Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen and Paderborn. Also 3 Operation Manna, 2 Operation Dodge and one Cook’s Tour. In 153 Squadron his pilots were Flying Officers White, Bolton, Searle, Freeborn, Squadron Leader Rippingale, Flight Lieutenant Ramsden and Wing Commanders Rodney and Villiers.

Also two Operation Dodge with 50 Squadron. Flight Lieutenant Lundy was his pilot in 50 Squadron.

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Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Connock]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Egypt]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Libya]]> Malta]]> Tunisia]]> Egypt--Cairo]]> Egypt--Marsá Maṭrūḥ]]> Egypt--Suez Canal]]> England--Derbyshire]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Northamptonshire]]> England--West Midlands]]> England--Wiltshire]]> Italy--Catania]]> Italy--Palermo]]> Italy--Paternò]]> Italy--Sardinia]]> Italy--Sicily]]> Libya--Tripoli]]> Tunisia--Bizerte]]> Tunisia--La Goulette]]> Tunisia--Mareth Line]]> Tunisia--Qābis]]> Tunisia--Sfax]]> Tunisia--Sūsah]]> Tunisia--Tunis]]> Egypt--Kibrit]]> North Africa]]> Egypt--Fukah]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1942-08-07]]> 1942-08-09]]> 1942-10-27]]> 1942-10-28]]> 1942-11-01]]> 1942-11-02]]> 1942-11-03]]> 1942-11-12]]> 1942-11-13]]> 1942-11-14]]> 1942-11-19]]> 1942-11-20]]> 1942-11-22]]> 1942-11-23]]> 1942-11-24]]> 1942-11-26]]> 1942-11-27]]> 1942-11-29]]> 1942-11-30]]> 1942-12-01]]> 1942-12-03]]> 1942-12-04]]> 1942-12-05]]> 1942-12-06]]> 1942-12-09]]> 1942-12-10]]> 1942-12-12]]> 1942-12-13]]> 1942-12-14]]> 1942-12-15]]> 1942-12-16]]> 1942-12-17]]> 1942-12-18]]> 1942-12-19]]> 1942-12-21]]> 1942-12-22]]> 1942-12-25]]> 1942-12-26]]> 1942-12-27]]> 1942-12-28]]> 1942-12-31]]> 1943-01-01]]> 1943-01-02]]> 1943-01-03]]> 1943-01-05]]> 1943-01-06]]> 1943-01-07]]> 1943-01-08]]> 1943-01-09]]> 1943-01-10]]> 1943-01-12]]> 1943-01-13]]> 1943-01-14]]> 1943-01-15]]> 1943-01-18]]> 1943-01-19]]> 1943-02-24]]> 1943-02-25]]> 1943-02-26]]> 1943-02-27]]> 1943-03-02]]> 1943-03-03]]> 1943-03-11]]> 1943-03-12]]> 1943-03-20]]> 1943-03-21]]> 1943-03-22]]> 1943-03-23]]> 1943-03-24]]> 1943-03-25]]> 1943-03-26]]> 1943-03-27]]> 1943-03-30]]> 1943-03-31]]> 1943-04-04]]> 1943-04-05]]> 1944]]> Records a total of 17 night operations on the following targets in France and Germany: Cologne, Duisburg, Dusseldorf, Essen, Hamburg, Lorient, Nuremburg, Wilhelmshaven and minelaying (4 unspecified targets).
His pilots on his first ‘second dickie’ operations were Pilot Officer Knight and Flight Lieutenant Wigley-Jones.]]>
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His pilots on operations were Sergeant Bellis, Wing Commander Kerr, Wing Commander Wood and Squadron Leader Edmond.]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike French]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. 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